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So Pekindaq re-tweeted this a few hours ago... https://twitter.com/si000859m/status/667613037956755456
...and I've only just now come to the realization that next year is the Dragon Ball Anime's 30th anniversary. What are your expectations and wishes for the coming year?
This is a bit boring, but I am anticipating the announcement of another film. Since it could potentially tie in with the anniversary celebrations, I'm hoping for something that's just a little bit more special. Perhaps of a grander scale compared to the previous two. I'm also anticipating another merchandising blitz, with a lot of the anniversary branding being plastered everywhere. I know these predictions aren't exactly exciting or original, but this is mainly because I wanted to add a little substance to this thread, rather than just posting the Tweet since it's unlikely that there'd be a lot to discuss- save for speculation over its contents. Either way, I'm certainly excited now. The book definitely looks intriguing.
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It better be a comprehensive guidebook. I'd like that and of course they are going to do something for the 30th anniversary next year.
Maybe a short animated special(good a time as ever to fucking explain Jaco and Tights instead of having the casual fan having to switch mediums).
I imagine it will be a big look back at what came before, give some new details on old stuff and then have some hints and details on stuff to come.
I know it probably means nothing, but man them using End of Z Goku on the cover gets my hopes up that after Universe 6 they will time skip to after the End of Z.
The 30th anniversary of the Anime is at the end of February, so I hope they sort of "relaunch" super alongside a big anniversary marketing campaign and talk about how it's a brand new story by Toriyama now.
I foresee another pre-order coming... What with all of the Games, Blu-Rays and Figuarts I've got orders in for over the next six months or so, I'm already feeling like a ruined man.
'Multiculturalism means nothing in Japan, for every outside culture must pass first through the Japanese filter, rendering it entirely Japanese in the process.' - Julian Cope.
if it will, I'm jumping on it in a second (unless its super expensive of course...)
I would love so much for this to have an English release, but it's highly unlikely.
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if it will, I'm jumping on it in a second (unless its super expensive of course...)
I would love so much for this to have an English release, but it's highly unlikely.
Quite. I'm convinced I'll go to my grave still waiting for Viz to translate The Daizenshuu data-books.
'Multiculturalism means nothing in Japan, for every outside culture must pass first through the Japanese filter, rendering it entirely Japanese in the process.' - Julian Cope.
248 pages. Will feature the storyboards for the last manga chapter, a long Toriyama interview where he discusses the series' 30 year history, and a look back on DB anime, games, etc.
Overall, seems like it focuses on the real world history of the series rather than "in-universe" stuff.
Herms wrote:248 pages. Will feature the storyboards for the last manga chapter, a long Toriyama interview where he discusses the series' 30 year history, and a look back on DB anime, games, etc.
Overall, seems like it focuses on the real world history of the series rather than "in-universe" stuff.
Yeah, and that's interesting in its own right, but via the title, I thought we might have been getting in-universe content. Maybe even a Super timeline...but no dice, apparently.
Will still pick it up if I have money at the time though.
Direct translations of the Korean DB Online timeline and guidebook.
My personal "canon" and BP list. (Coming Soon)
Oh, this looks very nice. I think I may pre-order this.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Sounds like a very interesting book! As someone who doesn't read Japanese very well, I'm still on the fence about this one, although I REALLY want to see that chapter "storyboard"... Besides that, do we think it'll be filled with lots of pretty pictures?
dbgtFO wrote:It better be a comprehensive guidebook. I'd like that and of course they are going to do something for the 30th anniversary next year.
Maybe a short animated special(good a time as ever to fucking explain Jaco and Tights instead of having the casual fan having to switch mediums).
you thought it was jaco, but it's me, tarble
"I like the money it brings in, but Dragon Ball Heroes is the worst. That's actually the real reason I decided to start working on new material. I was afraid Bandai would make something irredeemably stupid like Super Saiyan 4 Broly." - Akira Toriyama, made up interview, 2013.
If it's a hard bound book I might go for it. I find the soft covers don't hold up though I have Roman Albums from 1980 that are still in great shape...
As for English releases, I'm not holding my breath. Maybe another language like Chinese or even French, German or Italian before English...
Basaku wrote:The cover looks goregous, anything important/noteworthy in the preview page/ad?
The Q&A thing above is written so that Goku answers the questions in character. Goku promises a long interview with Toriyama and many never-before-seen illustrations in the history book.
Either way, I'm certainly excited now. The book definitely looks intriguing.
